Window-shade hanger.



\ No. 714,800. Patented nec. 2, 4902., sw. rwarms .1000500.

wm00w SHADE HANGER.

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WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,800, dated December2, 1902. Application filed September 5. 1901. Serial No. 74,407. (Nomodel.)

p readily applied to position Without necessitating any change in thestructuralarrangement of the Window-casing, and which shall be adaptedfor supporting a shade in position either upon the window frame orcasing or the jamb thereof and of a character to permit theshade-bearing roller, whether springactnated or otherwise, to be raisedor lowered, thus to shade and ventilate either the upper `or the lowerpart of a window without necessitating changes in adjustment of theshade.

A further object `is in a simple and ready manner to prevent accidentalseparation of the shade-roller bearings from their supporting brackets.

A further object is so to construct and assemble the-rollersupportingbrackets with their guide-rods as to obviate the necessity of anemployment of transverse brace rods to prevent the guide-rods fromspringing outward and. thus permitting disconnection of the shade-rollerfrom its supporting-brackets.

With these and other objects in View, as will appear as4 the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a Window-shade hanger, as willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, thereis lillustrated a form of embodiment of the invention capable ofcarrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that theelements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape,proportion,

and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the scope of theinvention.

"In the drawings, Figure lis a view in front elevation of awindow,showing the improved window-shade hanger applied thereto on 'thecasing thereof. Fig. 2 is a View in vertical section, looking into thejamb of the casing, showing the hanger applied thereto. Fig. 3 is adetached detail view in perspective of the spring end of the shaderoller, showing the bearing thereof cut away on its under side topresent a shoulder operating to prevent separation of the bearing fromits supporting-bracket. Fig. -i is a similar view of the opposite end ofthe shade-roller, showing a headed pin in lieu of the ordinary pintleemployed, the pin operating in the same manner as the bearing at theopposite endl of the roller to prevent separation from thesupporting-bracket. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view in perspective,showing the locking-cam by which the bracket is held associated with theguide-rod. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail View in perspective, showingthe construction of the rollerbearing supportingbracket.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7 7, Fig. l. Fig. 8 is adetail perspective view of one of the bracket-plates for supporting aguide-rod.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an ordinary window frame orcasing, and B a shade, preferably of the spring-roller type. As theseparts maybe of the ordinary or any preferred construction, detaileddescription thereof is deemed unnecessary.

The hanger comprises two guide-rods l and two shade-su pportin gbrackets 2. The guiderods l are rectangular in cross-section to preventlateral rocking thereon of the supportingbrackets and are .heldassociated with the window-casing on the outer face thereof, as

`shown in Fig. 1, by bracket-plates 3, each j consisting, inthis'instance, of a rear plate 4,

provided with openings, through which are '.passed the fastening meansfor holding the said plates against their supports, and with a foot 5,extending at right angles to the plate and provided With a rectangularorifice 6, through which the rod extends, the plate 4 being providedwith a tongue 7, stamped therefrom and adapted to bear upon an end ofthe guide-rod, thereby to hold it against endwise movement.

Each of the supporting-brackets 2 is constructed of a rod or bar ofmetal having its lower end in this instance attened, as at 8, for

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securement to a clamp-yoke 9, working on the guide-rod, the upper end ofthe bracket being bent to form a crotch 10, in which the pintle orbearing of the roller will rest. At a point adjacent to the upper end ofthe bracket 2 is rigidly secured a guide 11, having a member 12 toembrace and Work upon the guide-rod, as clearly shown in Fig. 7.

The clamp-yoke 9, which vis shown in detail in Fig. 5, is constructed ofa piece of metal bent to embrace the guide-rod and carries a cam-lever13, the head of which, by contact with the guide-rod, will serve to holdthe bracket at any desired adjustment thereon, as will readily beunderstood. To limit the upward movement ofthe cam-lever, the members ofthe yoke are bent inward at their upper edges to present stops 14, alsoclearly shown in Fig. 5. Owing to the simplicity of construction andeffectiveness in operation of this form of locking means the same willbe generally preferred in the practical use of the device; but it is tobe understood that other forms of locking means may be einployed in lieuof that shown and still be within the scope of the invention.

The object of having the guide-rods rectangular in' cross-section isWith a rod of a given diameter to obtain great resistance to bending orfleXure and also positively to prevent the brackets having any lateralrocking movement thereon, which would tend not -only to permitdisconnection of the rollerpintles from the crotches of the brackets,but would also tend to cause binding between the said parts, which wouldoperate to interfere'with the adjusting of the curtain; further, by theemployment of the rectangular guide-rods, which, as above pointed outpossess greater rigidity than a rod of the same diameter circular incross-section, the employment of cross-braces to render the rods rigidis entirely obviated.

As the supporting-brackets are independently operable, there is dangerwhen being manipulated to raise or lower the shades of one bracket beingraised or lowered to a greater degree than the other one, and withoutthe provision of some means to prevent disconnection of theroller-pintles from the brackets this is liable to occur at any time. Toobviate this defect in a sim ple and thoroughly effective manner, thepintle 15 at the spring end of the roller is inout for a portion of itslength to present a downward-projecting shoulder 16, which will bearagainst the side of the crotch in which it rests, and the pintle 17 atthe opposite end of the roller is provided with a head 18 at its outerend for this purpose. The pintle 17 is herein shown as a nail or spike,provided adjacent to the head 18 with a stock 19; but it is to beunderstood that in lieu of anail or spike formed in this particularmanner the bearing-plate 2O may be cast with a pintle having a head 18and a stop 19, and as this will be readily apparent detail illustrationis deemed unnecessary.

When a shade is to be raised or lowered, the cam-levers are swung upwardto free the heads thereof from engagement with the guide -rods, afterwhich the brackets may be moved to the desired point, and upon releaseof the levers these by gravity will drop, and thereby effect automaticrocking of the bracket upon the rods.

Where the walls of the building are thick and the window-casing thusdeep, the hanger may be placed on the inside of the casingjambs, asshown in Fig. 2, and when so positioned will operate in the same manneras that already described, the only dilerence in arrangement of partsbeing that instead of having the cam-levers located to work parallelwith the face of the window-casing they will work at right anglesthereto.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that while'the device ofthis invention is exceedingly simple in construction the parts are soconstructed and assembled as to be thoroughly efficient in operation andnot liable to become damaged or deranged in use. Moreover, by the meansemployed for associating the guide-rods with the window frame or casingmarring of the same will be obviated, and disconnection of the structurefrom the casing may be readily accomplished when desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A window-shade hanger comprising a pair of guide-rods, rectangular incross-section, brackets associated with the upper and lower ends of therods and provided with means to hold them against endwise movement, aguide loosely mounted upon each ofthe rods, shadesupporting bracketsrigidly secured to the guides and provided at their upper ends withcrotches, a yoke rigidly secured to the lower end of each bracket andembracing the guiderods, locking means carried by the yoke-terminals andengaging with the guide-rods, and stops on the said terminals to limitthe upward movement of the locking means, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

1n testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SYL VANUS JOHNSON.

'Witnessesz G. H. SENHOUSER, FRANK DEARDORFF.

